The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term PDA in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PDA over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Rank 313 316 329
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +13
Permanent jobs citing PDA 4 10 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.034% 0.076% 0.046%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.083% 0.193% 0.104%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 7
Average salary £30,000 £42,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.41% +30.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,300 £31,600 £29,900
10% offered a salary of more than £38,750 £42,700 £44,500
UK excluding London average salary £31,000 £25,250 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+22.77% -14.40%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
4842 5190 6722
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 41.48% 39.47% 43.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4176 4753 6083
Average salary £57,500 £57,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
PDA
London

PDA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing PDA across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

City of London PDA Jobs Demand Trend

PDA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PDA across the City of London region.

City of London PDA Salary Trend

PDA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PDA across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London PDA Salary Histogram

PDA
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing PDA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited PDA.

1 4 (80.00%) Law
2 3 (60.00%) Legal
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (40.00%) Interwoven
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (20.00%) Business Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) MS Office
4 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (20.00%) Document Management
4 1 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (20.00%) Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) QA
4 1 (20.00%) WorkSite
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Forensics
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
4 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (20.00%) SMS
4 1 (20.00%) ISO 9001
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Active Directory

PDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing PDA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited PDA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) WorkSite
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SMS
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (80.00%) Law
2 3 (60.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Help Desk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) IT Trainer
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Forensic Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (20.00%) Document Management
1 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (20.00%) Business Process Improvement
1 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Interwoven
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft